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Governor signs major legal reforms into law

The bill will 'decrease frivolous lawsuits and prevent predatory practices of trial attorneys,' says the governor's office.


  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 2:45 p.m. March 24, 2023
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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation March 23 that brings the state in line with others.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation March 23 that brings the state in line with others.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a major piece of legislation March 24 designed to curtail lawsuits and the fees lawyers can collect. 

But while Republicans celebrated the legislation, critics say it strengthens insurance companies at the expense of consumers who may have been wronged.

“Florida has been considered a judicial hellhole for far too long and we are desperately in need of legal reform that brings us more in line with the rest of the country,” DeSantis says in a statement on the bill signing.

 


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Louis Llovio

Louis Llovio is the deputy managing editor at the Business Observer. Before going to work at the Observer, the longtime business writer worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Maryland Daily Record and for the Baltimore Sun Media Group. He lives in Tampa.

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